The Minnesota Independent reported this morning that presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she would seek to reinstate Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy that barred gays from serving openly in the military.

Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, apparently made the comments during a conference call with supporters of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a religious and socially conservative advocacy group.

Here’s the Independent’s reporting from the call:

Bachmann took questions from callers, including a man named Jack who said “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is going to destroy the armed forces” before his call was dropped.

“I think of all of the candidates that are running in this race, I have been very vocal about this,” Bachmann said. “I would reinstate the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. It worked before and what it says is the issue of sexuality is one that doesn’t come up and people aren’t allowed to be open about it because the United States military is unique, its not a social experiment.”

She said repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gong to hurt the military’s preparedness: “I take very seriously the job of Commander in Chief. I see that as my very first job and I would listen to the generals [on DADT].”

Bachmann spent Tuesday in Iowa, and focused the day on reaching out to social conservatives. She held a press conference with church leaders in Des Moines, attended a coffee-shop meeting with voters in Newton and then headlined a fundraiser for the Family Leader advocacy group in Grinnell.

The Grinnell event went awry after dozens of students from Grinnell College showed up, some carrying signs supporting gay marriage.